UK site 1 | UK site 2 | UK site 3 | US site | |
Setting | Eight-bed hospice inpatient unit. Community specialist palliative care team. | 20-bed hospice inpatient unit. | 10-bed hospice inpatient unit. Community specialist palliative care team. | Home visits either to patient’s residence or assisted living facility. |
Hospice experience/ exposure | Two half days in hospice | At least four half days in hospice including MDTs, ward rounds, day Hospice | Two half days in hospice. Half day in hospice day care | 1 hour introductory session on palliative care and tour of inpatient hospice facility |
Home visit | Two half days with specialist nurse | No home visit. | Half day with specialist nurse | Half day with hospice nurse |
Didactics | Teaching sessions on PC and symptom management | Tutorials and bed side teaching. | Teaching sessions on PC and symptom management | Bad news session Introduction to Hospice Care session |
Interprofessional facilitators of student learning | Specialist palliative care: doctor, nurses, chaplain, benefits advisor and social worker | Specialist palliative care: doctor, nurses bereavement councillor | Specialist palliative care: doctor, nurse Physiotherapist Complimentary therapist | Doctor Nurse practitioner Hospice nurse |
MDT, multidisciplinary team meetings; PC, palliative care.